On the sequelae of suspended animation + voice

Chapter 4: The Past

Hearing his urging, Lu Shao just unhurriedly plucked a bamboo leaf from a nearby bamboo branch, put it in his mouth and blew it, as if to show Zong Nian his skills.I don't know how he did it, but in Zong Nian's mouth, the bamboo leaves that can only make a "porphyr" sound are eloquent and clear, and a few small tunes fly out briskly, as clever and lovely as the singing of birds in the early morning. The mood of the performer is very pleasant.

"How about it, I'm good at blowing bamboo leaves, right?" He looked at Zong Nian's adoring eyes complacently, took out the dagger in his arms, and cut off a piece of bamboo branch. "Bamboo leaves are hard to blow, and your ventriloquism is not very good. Let me make you a whistle first."

"Is your ventriloquist good?" Zong Nian asked following his words.

Hearing his words, Lu Shao suddenly smiled narrowly, as if he had said something he shouldn't have said, but seeing Zong Nian's ignorant and innocent appearance, he coughed, nodded solemnly, and then used the dagger to punch out Another whistle that was exactly the same as his own came and handed it to Zong Nian.

"Is it enough to just blow it?" Zong Nian happily took it. Seeing Lu Shao nodded, he couldn't wait to put it in his mouth and blow it. A clear sound came from the bamboo whistle, which sounded better than his original Where did the sound of "porphyrin" go.

"How, isn't it much easier than blowing on that bamboo leaf?" Lu Shao pinched his cheek again.

Zong Nian nodded.

"Remember that you still owe me one condition, little zongzi." Lu Shao was satisfied when his goal was achieved.

Haven't the conditions already been agreed?Zong Nian looked at him suspiciously, just now when Lu Sen asked his name, he thought it was the condition he asked for.

Lu Shao laughed, stood up and walked away, leaving only one sentence.

"Fool, remember not to tell strangers your name casually next time."

This was the first time he met Lu Shao.

Although this person was weird from the first time I met him, he played not only the whistle, bamboo leaves, but also the flute and long flute quite well.Afterwards, Lu Shao often came to him and taught him how to blow bamboo leaves, but he couldn't learn it no matter what, and Lu Shao didn't lose his patience—or rather, he preferred to see Zong Nian's annoyed face.

The two gradually became acquainted, but Lu Shao never revealed his past, and occasionally he would turn cold when he mentioned it, as if disgusted.Although Zong Nian was younger than him, he sensibly avoided that convenient topic.It's just that sometimes when Lu Shao came to him, he would bring some wounds, watching Zong Nian, who was still young at the time, bandage his wounds in a panic-until Zong Nian found out that those wounds were not fatal, he turned into a deadpan Begging to bandage himself.

Lu Shao never brought up the condition that he agreed to in a daze. Occasionally, when Zong Nian asked him, he would pretend to be stupid and say, "Huh? What is it?"

Having been together like this for several years, it can be said that Lu Shao grew up with him who had no friends.But after Zong Nian was 15 years old, Lu Shao came less frequently, as short as once a month and as long as half a year.Every time he came, it was only less than an hour, and he left after a while, no longer like before, he could play the flute for him all afternoon.And Zong Nian no longer always thought of naughty skipping class like when he was a child. The young man who grew up gradually became stable. With the idea of ​​protecting his family, he began to diligently practice the family-passed chopping wind sword technique. For Lu Shao, a friend who often Absent, I don't care too much, just treat it as his own thing to do.

He also felt that the friendship between the two would not be broken so easily until his 16th birthday.

Man Shiliu is already a young man, and he has decided to leave home alone after the age of 16 and wander the rivers and lakes.Because of this, his parents attached great importance to Zong Nian's 16th birthday, and held a big banquet in Feixingwu, entertaining some friends from the world, and Feixingwu, which was always clean, became lively.

Congratulations from so many strangers disturbed Zong Nian so much that he couldn't sit still for a moment. While everyone was drinking together, he sneaked out like when he was a child.

He was drank some wine, his cheeks turned red, he was so dry and hot that he just wanted to find a cool place to rest, so he turned around and walked towards the bamboo forest in the back mountain naturally, but he hadn't stepped in yet, He heard a familiar voice.

"Ji Zhi, are you here?"

Zong Nian stopped in his tracks, looking up for the sound.Lu Shao, who hadn't seen him for half a month, was dressed in black, sitting on the tree trunk where he was when we first met, and waved to him with a smile.

A little drunk, he blinked his eyes, his reaction was a little slow, and it took a while before he gave a cold "hmm".

But after waiting for a long time, Lu Shao, who usually rushed over as soon as he saw him, was still sitting on the tree. Zong Nian felt that something was wrong, looked up at him, and asked. "Why don't you come down?"

"Oh, I'm injured. I had to blow the whistle for me before I came down." Lu Shao just teased him with a smile, and it seemed no different from usual.

Zong Nian shook his head and flatly refused.

"Don't blow."

"Ji Zhi is so cruel, won't you agree to this little request?" Seeing that Zong Nian was still indifferent, Lu Shao rolled his eyes, as if he was thinking of some bad idea again. "If Ji Zhi blows the whistle for me, I'll give you a birthday gift, what do you think?"

If you don't agree to this person again, I don't know how long you will be entangled in the future, and the congratulatory gift... I don't know what it will be.Lu Shao had never given him a gift before, Zong Nian was still a little curious, so he agreed.He didn't have the original whistle on his body, so he took a sword and cut off a bamboo branch to make a new one.

Just as he was about to put it to his mouth and blow it, he heard Lu whistle again.

"You sit next to me and blow it, okay?"

That's a lot to ask for.Zong Nian had no choice but to use his lightness kung fu to sit next to Lu Shao in an instant. Fortunately, the tree trunk was extremely thick, so they didn't feel crowded when they sat side by side.But shoulder to shoulder distance, each other can smell each other's taste.Zong Nian frowned, he smelled a smell of medicine.

"You are hurt?"

"Has Ji Zhi been drinking?"

Another voice sounded at the same time, and the two looked at each other.Zong Nian replied, "Just a few drinks."

But Lu Shao didn't answer his question, but just looked at him pretending to be wronged. "Don't mention these disappointing things, did Ji Zhi forget what he promised me just now?"

The identity of the other party has always been a mystery. Zong Nian doesn't know what he is doing, but it can be seen from his frequent injuries that it is also an extremely dangerous job.

Sighing, Zong Nian glanced at the people around him, put his whistle in his mouth and began to blow.The whistle sounded lightly, and it floated to the top of the tree, even above the half moon.

Lu Shao stared at him intently, showing a fascinated look.After Zong Nian blew a few more times, Lu Shao interrupted him, put the whistle in his arms, and then gently pushed Zong Nian to the other side, letting him lean his back on the tree trunk and straddle his legs.

"You...what are you going to do?"

The white and cold moonlight hit Lu Shao's side face, and his usually smiling eyes stared at him, but now it looked a bit evil.Zong Nian swallowed, and heard the beating heartbeat.

"Of course it's Ji Zhi for me, a congratulatory gift for growing up." Lu Shao smiled meaningfully, and at the same time leaned down, and put his hand on Zong Nian's belt.

After that, he never saw Lu Shao again.

But Zong Shaoxia, who vowed to leave home and venture into the rivers and lakes, failed to fulfill his vow, because not long after his birthday, there was an inexplicable rumor in the rivers and lakes that there was a rare treasure hidden on Feixingwu, The name is Chixing Yulian.

It is said that the Chi Xing Yu Lian is a body armor woven with soft silver silk, which makes it invulnerable to swords and guns. What is even more strange is that the Chi Xing Yu Lian is inlaid with a handed down treasure called Chi Xing.

For a while, regardless of malicious or good intentions, more and more people came to visit, and Zong Nian had to deal with these things with his father. On the cusp of the storm, someone will come to ask to see the treasure every other day and half a month.Later, in addition to Feixingwu's private collection of treasures, it even appeared that Zong Nian's mother was a witch from the Demon Sect, and that Chi Xingyu Lian was a statement she stole from the Demon Sect.

However, there is no Chi Xingyu practicing on Feixingwu!

The more true the rumors spread, the harder it is for anyone to hear the truth.A year after the rumors appeared, several sects stormed into Feixingwu aggressively under the pretext of righteousness in the world, and put them on trial.

"You didn't intend to ask for a reasonable explanation at all, you clearly just wanted to force your way into Feixingwu!"

"So what, the remnant of the Devil's Cult, hurry up and hand over Chi Xingyu Lian!"

His father fought with Qing Changrong, who was full of greed at first glance. He was so angry that he wanted to go forward to help his father, but his mother stopped him and firmly guarded him behind him.

"Nian'er, take this secret medicine for feigning death. If you take it, you will be like a dead person. The effect of the medicine will last for three days. If anything happens...you can escape."

Did the mother at that time have guessed everything that would happen afterwards?

Zong Nian couldn't figure it out, he only knew that he had never hated or complained so much before.I hate those people who are greedy for profit, and blame myself for wasting my time.

***

Escaped from the memory, and returned to this room with only one candle dimly lit, Zong Nian was a little shaken.The people on the ground were still in a coma, but with the help of the candle, Zong Nian could see that the room was almost full of empty jugs.

How much did this guy drink...

Zong Nian shook his head, his mood fluctuating.

He didn't expect to reunite with Lu Shao in this form.Since that day, he was at a loss, and even had the idea of ​​escaping in his heart.Before Lu Shao left, he told him that it would take a long time to do an important task. After hearing that, he was relieved, but he didn't expect that the world was unpredictable. This parting was four years apart.

Even if he doesn't want to admit it, the other party's behavior of getting drunk all day probably has a lot to do with him.

That's right, there is no such person as Zong Nian in the world anymore, and the Zong family has all died in that fire.No one knew that he was kidnapped by Qing Changrong, and no one knew that he had used the secret medicine of feigning death, was thrown off the cliff, and even had a new adventure.

There is a person who gets drunk day and night because of his own death, saying that his heart is not touched, that is a lie.

But this way of reunion is too difficult to describe... I don't know whether it was out of escape or something else, after Zong Nian helped the unconscious Lu Shao to the bed, he left.

He wanted to go to Zhanfengmen first, find his uncle, and ask him what the rumors were all about!

The author has something to say:

Zong Nian: ...the past is unbearable, so don't bring it up again.

Lu Shao: Didn't Ji Zhi want to know if my ventriloquist is good?How was it after trying it?

Zong Nian: ...

It turns out that this person has always been so perverted, why didn't he find out? !